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appalachiablue

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Tue Jul 28, 2020, 11:35 AM Jul 2020

Germany: Fox Steals Over 100 Shoes In Berlin

'Germany: Fox steals over 100 shoes in Berlin.' DW, July 27, 2020.

Residents in one Berlin neighborhood were bemused when their shoes began vanishing. The prolific shoe thief turned out to be a fashion-conscious fox with a passion for footwear.

A fox has stolen around 100 shoes from people's homes in Berlin's southwestern Zehlendorf neighborhood, according to local media reports.

All types of footwear had started disappearing from outside homes in the district, including slippers and sandals as well as sneakers, before the unlikely thief was unmasked by local resident Christian Meyer.

Meyer initially noticed his running shoes had disappeared and posted an inquiry on Germany's community noticeboard-sharing platform Nebenan.de, reported Berlin newspaper Tagesspiegel.

After posting, it became apparent that his were not the only shoes to have vanished in the area...

More, https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-fox-steals-shoes/a-54330292


~ That'll be a bizarre looking den; what humans have done to earthly paradise.

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Germany: Fox Steals Over 100 Shoes In Berlin (Original Post) appalachiablue Jul 2020 OP
Imelda Marcos,... (before her death) incarnated as a fox ? magicarpet Jul 2020 #1
Imelda the Fox, good one appalachiablue Jul 2020 #2
You'd think Rupert Murdoch could afford to buy shoes. Midnight Writer Jul 2020 #3
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